ECtHR: Prohibition to publish a photomontage does not violate the right to freedom of exprssion
by Sofie Luise Burger On 15 March 2016, the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) declared an application of the German newspaper Handelsblatt inadmissible (Application no. 52205/11). The paper had been claiming a violation of art. 10 European Convention for Human Rights (ECHR) for having been forbidden to publish a photomontage.
ECtHR: Prohibition to publish a photomontage does not violate the right to freedom of exprssion
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